Shavuot
For creamy and decadent Shavuot dishes, try tahini
_Amy Zitelman co-founded Soom Foods with her sisters Shelby and Amy in 2013. Good timing: they focused on top-quality tahini just as the Middle Eastern ingredient craze — sumac! silan! zaatar! — was spreading across restaurant dining rooms and supermarket shelves. Philadelphia chef Michael Solomonov of Zahav and, well, everything, gave them their first order, and they’ve been selling hundreds of thousands pounds of the stuff to consumers and restaurants ever since.
University of Pennsylvania refuses to move commencement from Shavuot amid Jewish students’ complaints
More than 1,600 people have signed a petition calling on administrators to move the scheduled date
‘What does a newly minted lactose avoider do on the milkiest of Jewish holidays?’
Is it OK for me to Passover the dairy at Shavuot?
American Jews were not only all at Sinai, but also all in Newport
Our pride in America and in the contributions Jews have made to this democracy since its founding are reminders of our shared heritage.
Shavuot’s Seven Heaven Challah
Shavuot’s Seven Heaven Challah
You already know how to celebrate Shavuot at home: Make a Seder
We already have a moment on the Jewish calendar dedicated to all-night study, and its structure is far more effective: the Pesach Seder.
‘The goal is simply to see, hear and feel our lives in a new way’
Writing for Shavuot teaches us to receive inspiration just as Moses received the Torah at Mount Sinai.
‘What she lacked was the goodness of possibility:’ Parallels with Ruth in a pandemic
The redemptive arc of Ruth is not linear, but rather comes by way of individual acts of goodness.
Better-than-Ratner’s cheese blintz
This recipe improves upon the classic Ratner’s cheese blintz
Kosher cream cheese shortage may cramp Shavuot celebrations
Kosher cream cheese is the latest in a long list of consumer goods made scarce by coronavirus.